Of all formal things in the world, a clipped hedge is the most formal; and of all the informal things in the world, a forest tree is the most informal.

Morality is good, and is accepted of God, as far as it goes; but the difficulty is, it does not go far enough.

Not another flag has such an errand, carrying everywhere, the world around, such hope for freedom such glorious tidings.

The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.

That endless book, the newspaper, is our national glory.

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.

Public sentiment is to public officers what water is to the wheel of the mill.